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521. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/42

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/42
Title:
No. 40: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Comments on the news. Asks why there are not steam or gun-boats for the Ganges. Asks for an explanation of the inconsistency of refusing Nepalese aid one week, and accepting it the next week. The writer considers the Nepalese a useless force at present, and a potential danger. There is great dif...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1857
Extent:

2 items

522. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/50

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/50
Title:
No. 46: Letter from Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Rejoices in the news of the relief of Lucknow. He has seen Captain Lowe, and heard his account of Delhi. Wilson is a Bart. and others CBs and KCBs. Has not yet received from the Court of Directors Canning's comments on the petition for his recall. The next session will see a Bill for the better ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1857
Extent:

3 items

523. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/31

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/31
Title:
79. Letter from Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Private Secretary to Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Sends by request of Lord Stanley an enclosed paper for Lord Canning. Lord Stanley has influenza. Wishes Lord and Lady Canning a Happy New Year, and recalls his last round the billiard table at Calcutta. Mr Higgins, Lord Stanley's Private Secretary at the Colonial Office, asks for a staff appoint...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1858
Extent:
2 items

524. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/46

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/46
Title:
92a. Letter from Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Private Secretary to Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Writes with Lord Stanley's knowledge to tell Lord Canning that there have been great complaints because the new European Cavalry in India are not yet equipped and at work. Lord Stanley is at the opening of Parliament; many think there will be a debate on the Address. Mr Joseph Arnould has been a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

525. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/51
Title:
No. 46a: Extract of letter from Lord Palmerston to Robert Vernon Smith
Scope & Content:
Asks Vernon Smith to tell Canning that he has heard that a geography book intended for a school in Bengal was objected to by a Hindu, because the geographic theory therein was opposed to the Hindu religion, and thereupon the book was withdrawn by order of Government. This is too absurd to be tru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1858
Extent:

1 item